bait for chub

[merlino bill]

OI OI,

looking for some different bait's for still water chub, any ideas anyone never fished this place before so dont know the size or depth of them ( 3 lakes ) im off to fish them this friday up carslile a place called weatherhall if you know it & fished it great if not, could you just suggest bait's for them please.

 

[seph]

I would fish the waggler and spray it with maggots.

[big tinca]

Well i was fishing a lake on Sat and caught 2 chub one a monster 5lb fish all caught on groundbait feeder fished to an island with meat on the hook

[Steve Burke]

Stillwater chub are often more predatory than their river cousins. I've had a lot of success in the past with deadbaits, especially whitebait. Indeed, the first article I ever got paid on was entitled "Chub on Whitebait". Unlike freshwater deadbaits whitebait are very unlikely to attract perch. The only downside is that carp adore them!

 

You can buy whitebait cheaply from your local fishmonger at about £2 per/lb. The individually blast-frozen ones are the ones to go for, rather than the blocks. The latter contain whitebait that are on the small side, plus when thawed out they're rather soft and don't stay on the hook that well.

 

The blast-frozen ones are typically about 3 inches long, and I use them still frozen on a size 8 hook, hooking them in through an eye and out through the top of the head.

[DavyR]

Hang on though, if whitebait are baby cod and haddock, and cod and haddock are in short supply.......?

[bungral]

Obviously not that short... I can go buy loads over the chippy.

[Steve Burke]

Whitebait are the fry of sprats and herrings.

[merlino bill]

OI OI,

i was thinking waggler & maggot spray seph, now groundbait feeder never fished it before so dont know about island's but do know there is overhanging trees & bushes in the margin's (so i was told) so maybe worth a feeder under or around them big tinca yes, now then white-fish dont know anything about this BUT if you got paid for writing about it steve is there anything i can read on A.N. or not.

 

many thank's for ALL advice we are (3 of us) hoping its as good as the stories weve herd 3 cameras packed so whatch this space, once again cheer's

BILL

 

[mark barrett]

OI OI,

i was thinking waggler & maggot spray seph, now groundbait feeder never fished it before so dont know about island's but do know there is overhanging trees & bushes in the margin's (so i was told) so maybe worth a feeder under or around them big tinca yes, now then white-fish dont know anything about this BUT if you got paid for writing about it steve is there anything i can read on A.N. or not.

 

many thank's for ALL advice we are (3 of us) hoping its as good as the stories weve herd 3 cameras packed so whatch this space, once again cheer's

BILL

 

if its carp fished regularly mate, then i would go with boillies. chub love em on moving or stillwater.

Maple 8 i have found particularly good

[MALC2]

I would fish the waggler and spray it with maggots.

 

Put half your maggots in a small amount of water about an hour before you fish and some will float and some will sink slowly, pick the floaters for the hook and fish a waggler set up on the drop the floaters on the hook will counter balance the weight of the hook and sink slowly fooling the Chub.